Sunday, January 25, 2009

PTI January Blog Hop



Greetings! Tonight is the January blog hop with PaperTrey Ink and this month's challenge was to build up the birthday card stash. I decided to play around with Heather Nichols' latest stamp set, Around & About Sentiments.



I ended up having to work some this weekend, so my card is pretty simple. First I stamped the round "happy birthday to you" sentiment in dark chocolate on aqua mist cardstock. Then I stamped a solid circle (included with the set) with aqua mist in the center (hard to see in the photos). I punched out the image with a 1.5" Fiskars squeeze punch, added a flower brad to the center, and inked the edges. Three of these circles on a stitched berry sorbet panel complete the card front. The card itself is dark chocolate cardstock with an aqua mist panel framing the design. Finally I added tiny yellow flocked stickers to the corners (to hide my messy stitching!).



Supplies
CS: Dark chocolate, berry sorbet, aqua mist (PTI)
Ink: Dark chocolate, aqua mist (PTI)
Stamps: Around & About Sentiments (PTI)
Flower brads (Heidi Grace)
Yellow flocked stickers (Heidi Grace)
1.5" circle punch (Fiskars)
Foam dimensional adhesive
Sewing machine

Thanks for stopping by!

--Mindy--

27 comments:

Latisha said...

what a great card

Serendipity said...

Nicely done! I especially like the colors you picked!

Leora said...

Hi Mindy! So, I found your blog "on my own" and your card is beautiful. Great job! The crocheting is great, too.

Leora

Unknown said...

Wonderful Job!

Jak Heath said...

really lovely, great colour choice.

IamDerby said...

Absolutly lovely!

Regan said...

well this is just cute!

Anonymous said...

very pretty - i like the simple lines and the repeated sentiment circle.

Lizzie Jones said...

Very nice work! Thanks for sharing your cute card!

Gwen said...

great card! love the new sentiements set & how you've used it!

Amy said...

So cute!

Banu said...

Very cute. This set has lot of possibilities.

Deanna said...

So pretty!

Marge said...

Sweet card; love this set, so must try to buy it (also)!!! LOL!

Jen Caputo said...

very cute - love the way you created the outline/frame!

Cheryl said...

Very pretty--I like the inked edges.

Chris said...

very pretty, love the colors!

Kathleen said...

This card is really cute! I love the simplicity---you could use this layout for so many people!!! Where is King, NC? I live in Raleigh---

Anonymous said...

Nice design!

Savitri said...

Very pretty! Love the inked edges!

Sharon said...

Very cute!

Dana Gustafson said...

That berry sorbet looks yummy on your card. Really cute!

Babies-Beth said...

Love your color combo! I sure hope you mail it off to her, too, lol!!

Lori said...

What a fun color combination!

Terri said...

Nice job.

Donelda said...

simple...but very cute!! love it

Unknown said...

This is lovely